Rewriting Cancer Care with Exercise with Professor Prue Cormie
At Flinders University, Professor Prue Cormie is working to change how those people experience their diagnosis. As a clinical exercise physiologist, her research shows that […]
Cancer Care
Taking note of how consumers digest cancer information
Information overload is a distressing reality for many people trying to absorb the harsh reality of their cancer diagnosis. However, understanding complex information is vital to their treatment and […]
Easing the mental anguish for young people with cancer
Psychological problems facing young people through cancer survivorship have not attracted enough specific attention – but Flinders University PhD student Alyssa Ebert is working to find […]
Removing barriers to cancer care for people from culturally and linguistica...
When language and cultural differences throw up barriers, access to cancer care becomes increasingly more complicated. For people in Australia whose primary language is not English, these challenges can result in critical obstacles preventing access to effective cancer […]
Listening to Lived Experience to Improve Cancer Care
More Australians are surviving cancer thanks to advances in early detection, diagnosis, and treatment. But for many, the journey doesn’t end when treatment does. The […]
Prescribing exercise for bowel cancer survivors to beat fatigue
Bowel cancer survivors are hampered by persistent fatigue issues, sometimes lasting years, yet many don’t undertake exercise programs which is well known to overcome this […]
Taking care to best explain self-managed cancer support
Cancer care should no longer be limited to hospital facilities. Many people diagnosed with cancer now self-manage aspects of their health and disease, reflecting the […]
An energetic solution for cancer patient fatigue
The recovery journey for cancer survivors can be long, complicated and taxing to the individual – yet the complexity of these effects is often not […]
Shining a light on cancer survivors’ quality of life
There are more than one million Australians living with a cancer diagnosis and associated effects on quality of life, ranging from physical symptoms and side […]